{"id":844365,"date":"2026-08-05T11:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/844365\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:56:22","slug":"bangkok-post-one-championship-stamp-fairtex-faces-selina-flores-next-as-chatri-warns-mma-return-must-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/844365\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok Post – ONE Championship: Stamp Fairtex faces Selina Flores next as Chatri warns MMA return must wait"},"content":{"rendered":"

ONE boss believes Cynthia Flores edged controversial June bout and wants Thai superstar back at her best before resuming MMA title hunt<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Stamp<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStamp Fairtex awaits the judges\u2019 decision after her atomweight Muay Thai bout against Cynthia Flores at The Inner Circle 20\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Stamp Fairtex will face Selina Flores next month at ONE Fight Night 47 in Bangkok \u2013 after Chatri Sityodtong urged the Thai superstar to continue rebuilding her confidence through striking before returning to MMA.<\/p>\n

The former three-sport champion is aiming to rediscover her familiar timing and produce a convincing performance at her best against Flores before turning her attention back to the atomweight MMA belt.<\/p>\n

Stamp acknowledged the short turnaround in a brief Facebook post.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis fight has come around really quickly \u2013 one month to train,\u201d she wrote in Thai. \u201cAll right, let\u2019s do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

During a Facebook Live on the ONE Championship Thailand page, Chatri gave a blunt assessment of Stamp\u2019s previous outing against Cynthia Flores.<\/p>\n

\"Stamp<\/p>\n

Stamp Fairtex has her hand raised following her split-decision victory over Cynthia Flores at Lumpinee Stadium<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, Flores beat Stamp \u2013 only by a little,\u201d the ONE chairman and CEO said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy? Because Stamp did nothing but move backwards. She didn\u2019t really throw any weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chatri stressed that he was offering a personal opinion rather than accusing the officials of making an incorrect decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not a judge and I\u2019m not disrespecting the judges,\u201d he said. \u201cThe judges are the best and we have to trust their experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chatri had previously described the contest \u2013 scored a split decision for Stamp \u2013 as \u201c50-50\u201d and said he would not have objected had either woman been awarded the victory.<\/p>\n

His latest comments nevertheless underline how far he believes Stamp remains from the fighter who once held ONE\u2019s atomweight MMA, Muay Thai and kickboxing titles.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery fighter who gets injured and does not compete for a long time cannot immediately return in the same form,\u201d Chatri said. \u201cIt takes time.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe had no power. She became tired in the first round and only moved backwards. That wasn\u2019t the old Stamp.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Stamp<\/p>\n

Stamp Fairtex (right) lands a body kick on Cynthia Flores during their atomweight Muay Thai fight<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old spent around a year and a half out of competition after suffering a serious knee injury and undergoing surgery.<\/p>\n

She returned against Kana Morimoto in kickboxing last November, losing by unanimous decision in Tokyo but proving that her repaired knee could withstand nine minutes of competition.<\/p>\n

The Cynthia Flores bout was expected to represent another step forward.<\/p>\n

Instead, the Mexican pressed Stamp back for long stretches, but the Thai star did enough to persuade two of the three judges.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry if this fight was not good, and this was disappointing for some,\u201d Stamp said afterwards. \u201cI\u2019m disappointed myself. It wasn\u2019t good enough for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to admit, I felt really sluggish in this fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Selina Flores booking now gives Stamp another opportunity to rebuild in her original discipline.<\/p>\n

She will face the American contender in an atomweight Muay Thai bout at ONE Fight Night 47 on September 5 at Lumpinee Stadium.<\/p>\n

Selina Flores is a multiple-time WBC Muay Thai world champion and won her ONE debut against Marie McManamon last September.<\/p>\n

She will carry a five-fight winning run into the contest, with ONE suggesting victory over Stamp could put her in contention to challenge atomweight Muay Thai champion Allycia Hellen Rodrigues.<\/p>\n

That longer-term objective has also been brought closer by a reshaped atomweight title picture.<\/p>\n

\"Stamp<\/p>\n

Stamp Fairtex returns to her corner between rounds during her comeback fight against Cynthia Flores<\/p>\n

The top of the division reopened when Denice Zamboanga relinquished the belt after the birth of her first child, creating a possible route for Stamp to reclaim the championship she vacated because of injury.<\/p>\n

Chatri, however, believes another striking test must come first.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think she has to fight once more in Muay Thai or kickboxing and get back to the form she had before surgery,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cStriking is Stamp\u2019s strength. If she has no confidence on her feet, how can she come back? We have to let her get back to form.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ONE boss believes Cynthia Flores edged controversial June bout and wants Thai superstar back at her best before…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[416401,64,63,310475,786,21218,785,92332,2843,416400,416399,85,21222],"class_list":["post-844365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-atomweight-division","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chatri-sityodtong","tag-fighting","tag-lumpinee-stadium","tag-mma","tag-muay-thai","tag-one-championship","tag-one-fight-night-47","tag-selina-flores","tag-sports","tag-stamp-fairtex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}